March 29, 2011, 5:27PM

In response to Times-Picayune reporter Jaquetta White's story, "Appetite for Louisiana seafood takes a hit, 18 restaurant owners say," nola.com reader muspench had this to say: "I eat as little as possible. It's evident by now that there's a lot of residual oil still washing in, in various forms, and anyone who doesn't think that affects seafood from the... Full story »

March 24, 2011, 9:00AM

Reporter David Hammer reported this morning on a federal investigators' report released Wednesday that says a drill pipe got trapped and buckled in the well's blowout preventer, a device that was supposed to stop BP's Macondo well from blowing out last year, preventing key mechanisms from closing as they were designed to do. Here is what others are saying... Full story »

The Louisiana Bucket Brigade has created an "Oil Spill Crisis Map" that will allow Gulf Coast residents to report fishers out of work, endangered wildlife, oil on shore, oil sheens and other effects of the oil spill.

Reports can be made at the site, or by texting 504.272.7645, e-mailing bpspillmap@gmail.com, or Tweeting with the hashtag #BPspillmap. Eyewitness reports for the map require a description and location information such as an address or GPS coordinates.

The Greater New Orleans Foundation has opened the Gulf Coast Oil Spill Fund, which will benefit communities most affected by the oil spill in Plaquemines, St. Bernard and lower Jefferson parishes. Donations can be made online at www.gnof.org

Fireboats try to extinguish the blaze on the Deepwater Horizon oil rig south of Venice after the rig exploded, leading to one of the worst maritime oil spill in history, on April 21, 2010. The spill is the focus of multiple films at the 2014 New Orleans Film Festival, including 'The Great Invisible,' 'Ecocide' and 'Oil and Water.' (Michael DeMocker...

JOHN MCCUSKER / THE TIMES-PICAYUNE The Discoverer Enterprise, seen Saturday at the site of the Deepwater Horizon explosion 50 miles offshore from Louisisana, will be used to place the LMRP, or the blowout preventer with a cap attached to a riser tube that will suction oil from the well and feed it to a ship on the surface. This is...

For Year in Photos page MATTHEW HINTON / THE TIMES-PICAYUNE A heavily oiled bird that resembled a heron but was difficult to identify because of the coloring of the oil from the BP / Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill gets stuck on oil boom near Cat Island, Barataria Bay, Louisiana about 60 miles from New Orleans and 70 miles from the...